# Copyright (c) 2008 Chris Moyer
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# ITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
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from xml.sax.handler import ContentHandler

class SaxHandler(ContentHandler):
    """
    Generic SAX handler for our API
    """

    def __init__(self):
        self.objects = []
        self.curObj = None
        self.curChrs = ""


    def startElement(self, name, attrs):
        if name != "objects" and self.curObj == None:
            self.curObj = {}
            self.curObj['__name__'] = name
            self.curObj['__id__'] = attrs.get("id", "")
        self.curChrs = ""
    
    def endElement(self, name):
        if name != "objects":
            if self.curObj['__name__'] == name:
                self.objects.append(self.curObj)
                self.curObj = None
            else:
                self.curObj[name] = self.curChrs
                self.curChrs = ""
    
    def characters(self, ch):
        self.curChrs += ch
